The story of the Sun, the Moon, and the Earth - with its vast oceans. Not exactly! This would be a fable. But the writer here has an imagination that is big and beautiful.

How the Sun Died so that the Moon Could Live

At the dawn of time, when the universe was still young, the earth and the sky lived in harmony, but the sky would always look down at the earth and grew envious. The sky wanted to be more beautiful than the earth, so it birthed the sun and the moon, and set them to roam the sky’s vast expanses. The oldest was the sun, shining brightly, and his sister the moon was small and cold, but they never parted. The sun would warm his sister, and let her shine as well. The sky was happy with his creation – as the sun and the moon roamed the firmament, it made it look much more beautiful than the earth, which was gray, brown, and black.

After a time, the sky noticed that, as they circled it from above, the sun and the moon were changing the earth. The sun’s heat caused plants to grow, filling the earth with shades of green. The moon moved the earth’s seas, carving beautiful shores and cliffs. It did not take long for the earth to be filled with colors and life, much to the sky’s dismay.

Frustrated, the sky decided to do away with his creations. Summoning the sun, it congratulated it for all the beautiful changes it made to the earth, and said that he could do even more. The sun was curious, and so it followed the sky to a volcano. Sky told sun that if it truly loved the earth, it would jump inside and give her more heat.

Unsure if it was wise, but bereft of his sister the moon’s advice, the sun put his trust in the sky. This was the first time the sun was away from his sister, and he felt lonely without her. The sky filled the sun’s imagination with all the beauty and diversity the earth would gain from him. “But, should I not ask the moon for her opinion?” he asked, and the sky told him that it would be a surprise for her, and would make her happy. Convinced, the sun jumped into the volcano and feasted on the boiling lava, which made him grow.

When the sun’s light disappeared, the earth and the moon searched for it throughout the firmament, yet they could not find him. When they asked the sky, he replied that he does not know where the sun is.

Sometime later, the sun got so big and hot that the volcano erupted, spewing it out. The sun’s intense heat now burnt everything it touched, so it rushed up to the heavens, hoping not to burn the earth. Alas, it was in vain, and his intense heat was burning the earth, turning it brown and desolate. The heat was so terrible that even the moon couldn’t stand it, and she ran and hid in the seas of the earth.

As the sun traversed the firmament, all that he approached suffered from his blaze. As he looked down at the earth, it saw the earth brown and dying, and his sister cowering from him in its seas. The sun did not wish to harm anyone, so to amend for his mistake, he threw himself into the sea, hoping to drown himself. When the heat and shine diminished, the moon left the sea in search of the sun.

Looking down, she saw a dim glow coming from earth’s sea, and followed it. The moon’s brother has lost most of its shine, yet the little that was left was still enough to guide her to him. As the moon found the sun’s body floating in the water, she wept, as she could not imagine ever existing without him. As her tears reached his lifeless body, they filled it up with new life. His sister’s love has given him a new life, and he began to shine once more, but his heat still burnt her body.

The sun rushed up to the firmament, and the renewed light filled the earth with life once more, but the moon could not withstand the heat and was forced to hide in the sea. The sun’s heart grew heavy, knowing that he was the reason his sister can no longer roam the firmament freely, and so he once more plunged himself into the seas to free his sister. But the moon would only ascent to the firmament again in search for him, only to find him drowned once more, and her new tears would revive him.

When the sky saw the disaster he had wrought, he was filled with regret. The sun and the moon’s misery had touched him deeply, and he thought of a solution. He filled the firmament with stars, so that the moon would not be lonely, and at times, he would come between the sun and the moon so that they may roam the firmament together, if only for a time.

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Vat Purnima savtri

Vat Purnima savtri
Vat Purnima or Wat Purnima (वट पूर्णिमा, vaṭapūrṇimā, also called Vat Savitri is a celebration observed by married women in the Western Indian states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka and some regions of eastern Uttar Pradesh. On this Purnima or "full moon" during the three days of the month of Jyeshtha in the Hindu calendar (which falls in May-June in the Gregorian calendar) a married woman marks her love for her husband by tying a ceremonial thread around a banyan tree. The celebration is based on the legend of Savitri and Satyavan as narrated in the epic Mahabharata.
The legends dates back to a story in the age of Mahabharata. The childless king Asvapati and his consort Malavi wish to have a son. Finally the God Savitr appears and tells him he will soon have a daughter. The king is overjoyed at the prospect of a child. She is born and named Savitri in honor of the god.
She is so beautiful and pure, and intimidates all the men in her village so that no man will ask for her hand in marriage. Her father tells her to find a husband on her own. She sets out on a pilgrimage for this purpose and finds Satyavan, the son of a blind king named Dyumatsena who lives in exile as a forest-dweller. Savitri returns to find her father speaking with Sage Narada who tells her she has made a bad choice: although perfect in every way, Satyavan is destined to die one year from that day. Savitri insists on going ahead and marries Satyavan.
Three days before the foreseen death of Satyavan, Savitri takes a vow of fasting and vigil. Her father-in-law tells her she has taken on too harsh a regimen, but she replies that she has taken an oath to perform the regimen and Dyumatsena offers his support. The morning of Satyavan’s predicted death, he is splitting wood and suddenly becomes weak and lays his head in Savitri’s lap and dies. Savitri places his body under the shade of a Vat (Banyan) tree. Yama, the god of Death, comes to claim Satyavan's soul. Savitri follows him as he carries the soul away. She offers him praise and Yama, impressed by both the content and style of her words, offers her any boon, except the life of Satyavan.
She first asks for eyesight and restoration of the kingdom for her father-in-law, then a hundred children for her father, and then a hundred children for herself and Satyavan. The last wish creates a dilemma for Yama, as it would indirectly grant the life of Satyavan. However, impressed by Savitri's dedication and purity, he offers her one more chance to choose any boon, but this time omitting "except for the life of Satyavan". Savitri instantly asks for Satyavan to return to life. Yama grants life to Satyavan and blesses Savitri's life with eternal happiness.
Satyavan awakens as though he has been in a deep sleep and returns to his parents along with his wife. Meanwhile, at their home, Dyumatsena regains his eyesight before Savitri and Satyavan return. Since Satyavan still does not know what happened, Savitri relays the story to her parents-in-law, husband, and the gathered ascetics. As they praise her, Dyumatsena’s ministers arrive with news of the death of his usurper. Joyfully, the king and his entourage return to his kingdom.
Though the tree does not play a significant role of the story, it is worshiped in memory of the love in the legend. The festival is followed by married women only, and is prohibited for children and widows..
Vat Purnima in English means a full moon related to the banyan tree. It was a Hindu festival that was celebrated strictly in the Deccan area of southern India. However, in recent years very few communities follow the tradition although it is observed by married women in the Western Indian states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Karnataka and also in some regions of Eastern Uttar Pradesh. The period of the festival is observed over three days, usually the 13th, 14th and 15th days in the month of Jestha (May–June)Women observe a fast and tie threads around a banyan tree and pray for the well-being of their husbands.On the occasion of Vat Purnima, women keep a fast of three days for their husbands, as Savitri did. During the three days, pictures of a Vat (banyan) tree, Savitri, Satyavan, and Yama, are drawn with a paste of sandal and rice on the floor or a wall in the home. The golden engravings of the couple are placed in a tray of sand, and worshiped with mantras (chanting), and Vat leaves. Outdoors, the banyan tree is worshiped. A thread is wound around the trunk of the tree, and copper coins are offered. Strict adherence to the fast and tradition is believed to ensure the husband a long and prosperous life. During the fast, women greet each other with "जन्म सावित्री हो" (English: "Become a Savitri") It is believed that until the next seven births their husband will live well.

Gupte [a] believes that the festival is a natural mythological event. He notes that it is the representation of the annual marriage of the earth and nature represented by Satyavan and Savitri. It is like the way the earth dies every year and is rejuvenated by the powers of nature. He points out that the Vat tree was likely chosen due to the mythological aspects connected to the tree that are known to Indians.
In the present day, the festival is celebrated in the following way. Women dress in fine sarees and jewelry, and their day begins with the offering of any five fruits and a coconut. Each woman winds white thread around a banyan tree seven times as a reminder of their husbands. They fast for the whole day.

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EDITED BY    : ASHOK KOUL

Odd Habits Of Famous People

Strange but true. You will love to learn a bit more of these famous people and the best one is about Shobhaa De, given at the end – and it describes her truly.

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Odd Habits Of Famous People In history and in life we often learn to admire famous people who excelled in their fields and somehow changed the world in their own way. We often forget that these people were human too, and that they had their own ways of getting shit done. 1.  Kishore Kumar The legendary playback singer, actor and director, had a reputation of talking to trees in his backyard as he considered these his only close friends in this "cruel world." 2. Salvador Dali The Spanish surrealist painter developed his own alarm clock where he placed a spoon in his mouth and a large metal pan at his feet when he dozed off on his armchair for a nap. When the spoon dropped onto the pan with a clatter after he had fallen asleep, he would instantly wake up. He claimed this routine refreshed him. 3. Charles Dickens Other than stalking policemen patrolling the streets of Victorian London, Charles Dickens insisted on sleeping towards a northern direction as he believed it aligned him better to the electrical currents of the Earth. 4. Khushwant Singh Known for his simple outlook, the late author indulged in expensive stationery that was imported from abroad. But we aren't frowning at his taste for conspicuous consumption. Instead, we're admiring his ability to write with a notebook on his lap or knees for hours on end. He would rest his legs on a drawer of his office table in a relaxed posture while still rigidly sticking to his deadlines. 5. Ludvig Van Beethoven According to the legendary musician's secretary, he would compose music while bathing, and if he was not, he would pace up and down his room while pouring jugs of water on his hands, humming tunes and day dreaming into space. 6. Ismat Chugtai The eminent Urdu writer kept a pack of old playing cards on her desk while writing. She believed its greasy smell tickled her nostrils and in turn got her to write inspiring prose. She was also ambidextrous, so she would write with her right hand and play cards with her left. 7. Albert Einstein The Nobel prize winning physicist would often carry his violin with him while going on bird-watching treks. The soulful music he played often made him weep with tears streaming down his cheeks. 8. Agatha Christie Heralded as the queen of crime in the golden of age of murder mystery writers, Christie is remembered for her very disoriented style of writing. She never had her own office nor did she take out time to write. She would jot her ideas down whenever the mood struck irrespective of where she was. For this she carried around several notebooks with her. Her treatment for the story-line of her novels were also disorganised where she started with the murder scene before the actual plot of the story. 9. Shobhaa De Ashok Chopra recalls the celebrity writer's habit of being generous with her handwriting, filling up a single page with less than 6 sentences. "Her handwriting reminds me of a cockroach which, after a dip in a bottle of ink, is let loose on a sheet of paper."

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Sai Baba of Shirdi

"Sai Nath" redirects here. For the university, see Sai Nath University. For other uses, see Sai (disambiguation) and Sai Baba (disambiguation).

Sai Baba of Shirdi
Photograph of Sai Baba (c. 1915)
Religion	Hinduism
Philosophy	Bhakti Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Karma Yoga[1]
Personal
Nationality	Indian
Resting place	Samadhi in Shirdi
Disciple(s)	Mahalsapathi, Madhav Rao (shama), Nanasaheb peshway, Bayijabai, Tatya Kote Patil, Kakasaheb Dixit, Radhakrishnamaai, Hemadpant, Bhuti, Das Ganu, Lakshmi Bai, Nanavali, Upasni Maharaj, Abdul Baba, Sapatanekar, Nanasaheb Chandodkar, B.V. Narashima Swamiji

Quotation

1. Shraddha - Saburi (faith - patience)
2. Sab kaa malik ek (everyone's master is one)

Sai Baba of Shirdi, also known as Shirdi Sai Baba was an Indian spiritual leader who is regarded by his devotees as a saint, a fakir, a satguru and an incarnation (avatar) of God. He was revered by both his Hindu and Muslim devotees during, as well as after his life.^[2][3]
According to accounts from his life, he preached the importance of realization of the self, and criticized love towards perishable things. His teachings concentrate on a moral code of love, forgiveness, helping others, charity, contentment, inner peace, and devotion to the God and guru. He stressed the importance of surrender to the true Satguru, who, having trod the path to divine consciousness, will lead the disciple through the jungle of spiritual training.^[4]
Sai Baba also condemned distinction based on religion or caste. It remains unclear if he was a Muslim or a Hindu. This, however, was of no consequence to Sai Baba.^[5] His teaching combined elements of Hinduism and Islam: he gave the Hindu name Dwarakamayi to the mosque in which he lived,^[6] practised both Hindu and Muslim rituals, taught using words and figures that drew from both traditions, and took samadhi in Shirdi. One of his well-known epigrams, 'Allah Malik' ('God is King') and 'Sabka Malik Ek' ('One God governs all'), is associated with both Hinduism and Islam. He is also known to have said 'Listen to me and your prayer shall be answered'.^[4]

Contents

• 1 Background
• 2 Early years
• 3 Return to Shirdi
• 4 Teachings and practices
• 5 Worship and devotees
  • 5.1 Notable disciples
• 6 Claimed miracles
• 7 In various religions
  • 7.1 Hinduism
  • 7.2 Zoroastrianism
• 8 In culture
  • 8.1 Sacred art and architecture
  • 8.2 Film and television
• 9 See also
• 10 References
  • 10.1 Bibliography
• 11 External links

Background

Sai Baba was born in Pathri, district Parbhani, Maharashtra. Shri Sai Janmasthan Temple is a temple built in his birthplace.^[7][8] Some people believe that he was born on September 28, 1835, though there is no definitive information to prove it
Sai Baba's real name remains unknown. The name 'Sai' was given to him when he arrived at Shirdi, a town now in the west Indian state of Maharashtra. The word 'Sai' refers to a religious mendicant^[9] but can also mean'God'. In several Indian and Middle Eastern languages the term 'Baba' is an honorific signifying grandfather, father, old man or sir. Thus Sai Baba denotes holy father, saintly father or (venerable) poor old man.^[5]
Some of Sai Baba's disciples became famous as spiritual figures and saints, such as Mahalsapati, a priest of the Khandoba temple in Shirdi, and Upasni Maharaj. He was revered by other saints as well, such as Saint Bidkar Maharaj, Saint Gangagir, Saint Janakidas Maharaj, and Sati Godavari Mataji.^[10][11] Sai Baba referred to several saints as 'my brothers', especially the disciples of Swami Samartha of Akkalkot.^[11]

Early years

Shirdi Sai Baba (right) and some of his devotees at Dwarakamai, his own Temple.

Shirdi Sai Baba with some devotees

According to the book Sai Satcharita, Sai Baba arrived at the village of Shirdi in the Ahmednagar District, British India when he was about 16 years old. He led an ascetic life, sitting motionless under a Neem tree and meditated while sitting in an Asana. The Shri Sai Satcharita recounts the reaction of the villagers:

The people of the village were wonderstruck to see such a young lad practicing hard penance, never minding the heat or cold. By day he associated with no one, by night he was afraid of nobody.^[12]

His presence attracted the curiosity of the villagers, and he was regularly visited by the religiously inclined, including Mahalsapati, Appa Jogle and Kashinatha. Some considered him mad and threw stones at him.^[13] Sai Baba left the village, and little is known about him after that.
There are some indications that he met with many saints and fakirs, and worked as a weaver.^{[citation needed]} He claimed to have been with the army of Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.^[14] It is generally accepted that Sai Baba stayed in Shirdi for three years, disappeared for a year, and returned permanently around 1858, which suggests a birth year of 1838.^[15]

Return to Shirdi

Sai Baba returned to Shirdi in 1858. Around this time he adopted his famous style of dressing, consisting of a knee-length one-piece Kafni robe and a cloth cap. Ramgir Bua, a devotee, testified that Sai Baba was dressed like an athlete and sported 'long hair flowing down to the end of his spine' when he arrived in Shirdi, and that he never had his head shaved. It was only after Baba forfeited a wrestling match with one Mohiddin Tamboli that he took up the kafni and cloth cap, articles of typical Sufi clothing.^[16] This attire contributed to Baba's identification as a Muslim fakir and was a reason for initial indifference and hostility against him in a predominantly Hindu village.^[17]
For four to five years, Baba lived under a neem tree and often wandered for long periods in the jungle around Shirdi. His manner was said to be withdrawn and uncommunicative as he undertook long periods of meditation.^[18] He was eventually persuaded to take up residence in an old and dilapidated mosque and lived a solitary life there, surviving by begging for alms, and receiving itinerant Hindu or Muslim visitors. In the mosque he maintained a sacred fire which is referred to as a dhuni, from which he gave sacred ashes ('Udhi') to his guests before they left. The ash was believed to have healing and apotropaic powers. He performed the function of a local hakim and treated the sick by application of ashes. Sai Baba also delivered spiritual teachings to his visitors, recommending the reading of the Ramayan and Bhagavat Gita for Hindus and Qur'an for Muslims. He insisted on the indispensability of the unbroken remembrance of God's name (dhikr, and often expressed himself in a cryptic manner with the use of parables, symbols and allegories.^[19]
After 1910, Sai Baba's fame began to spread in Mumbai.^[20][21] Numerous people started visiting him, because they regarded him as a saint with the power of performing miracles or even as an avatar.^[22] They built his first temple at Bhivpuri, Karjat.^[23]

Teachings and practices

Shirdi Sai Baba, leaning against the wall of his masjid, with devotees

Sai Baba opposed all persecution based on religion or caste. He was an opponent of religious orthodoxy — Christian, Hindu and Muslim.^[24]
Sai Baba encouraged his devotees to pray, chant God's name, and read holy scriptures. He told Muslims to study the Qur'an and Hindus to study texts such as the Ramayana, Bhagavad Gita, and Yoga Vasistha.^[25] He was impressed by the philosophy of the Bhagavad Gita and encouraged people to follow it in their own lives.^[26] He advised his devotees and followers to lead a moral life, help others, love every living being without any discrimination, and develop two important features of character: devotion to the Guru (Sraddha) and waiting cheerfully with patience and love (Saburi). He criticised atheism.^[27]
In his teachings, Sai Baba emphasised the importance of performing one's duties without attachment to earthly matters and of being content regardless of the situation. In his personal practice, Sai Baba observed worship procedures belonging to Islam; he shunned any kind of regular rituals but allowed the practice of Salah, chanting of Al-Fatiha, and Qur'an readings at Muslim festival times.^[28] Occasionally reciting the Al-Fatiha, Baba enjoyed listening to mawlid and qawwali accompanied with the tabla and sarangi twice daily.^[29]
Sai Baba interpreted the religious texts of both Islam and Hinduism. He explained the meaning of the Hindu scriptures in the spirit of Advaita Vedanta. His philosophy also had numerous elements of bhakti. The three main Hindu spiritual paths — Bhakti Yoga, Jnana Yoga, and Karma Yoga — influenced his teachings.^[1]
Sai Baba encouraged charity and stressed the importance of sharing. He said: "Unless there is some relationship or connection, nobody goes anywhere. If any men or creatures come to you, do not discourteously drive them away, but receive them well and treat them with due respect. Shri Hari (God) will certainly be pleased if you give water to the thirsty, bread to the hungry, clothes to the naked, and your verandah to strangers for sitting and resting. If anybody wants any money from you and you are not inclined to give, do not give, but do not bark at him like a dog."^[30]

Worship and devotees

Main article: Shirdi Sai Baba movement

Naga Sai Mandir, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

The Shirdi Sai Baba movement began in the 19th century,^[31] while he was living in Shirdi. A local Khandoba priest, Mhalsapati Nagre, is believed to have been his first devotee.^[32][33] In the 19th century, Sai Baba's followers were only a small group of inhabitants of Shirdi, and a few people from other parts of India.^[21]
Because of Sai Baba, Shirdi has become a place of importance and is counted among the major Hindu places of pilgrimage.^[34][35] The first Sai Baba temple is situated at Kudal, Sindhudurg. This temple was built in 1922. It is believed that Sai Baba gave one Rupee to Dada Madye ji with which he built the temple in Kudal. The Sai Baba Temple in Shirdi is visited by an average of 25,000 pilgrims a day, and during religious festivals, this number can reach up to 1,00,000.^[36] Shirdi Sai Baba is especially revered and worshiped in the states of Maharashtra, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat. In August 2012, an unidentified devotee, for the first time, donated two expensive diamonds valuing ₹11.8 million at the Shirdi temple, as revealed by Saibaba trust officials.^[37]
In recent years, the Shirdi Sai movement has spread to the Caribbean and to countries such as the Nepal, Canada, United States, Australia, United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, United Kingdom,^[38][39][40] Germany, France and Singapore.^[41]

Notable disciples

Sai Baba left behind no spiritual heirs, appointed no disciples, and did not provide formal initiation (diksha), despite requests. Some disciples of Sai Baba achieved fame as spiritual figures, such as Upasni Maharaj of Sakori. After the demise of Sai Baba, his devotees offered the daily Aarti to Upasni Maharaj when he paid a visit to Shirdi twice within 10 years.^[42]

Claimed miracles

Sai Baba's disciples and devotees claim that he performed many miracles such as bilocation, levitation, mindreading, materialisation, exorcisms, entering a state of Samādhi at will, lighting lamps with water, removing his limbs or intestines and sticking them back to his body (khandana yoga), curing the incurably sick, appearing beaten when another was beaten, preventing a mosque from falling down on people, and helping his devotees in other miraculous ways. He also gave Darshan (vision) to people in the form of Sri Rama, Krishna, Vithoba, Shiva and many other gods depending on the faith of devotees.^{[43][better source needed]}
According to his followers, he appeared to them in their dreams and gave them advice. His devotees have documented many stories.^[44]

In various religions

Sai Baba depicted on a tapestry

Hinduism

During Sai Baba's lifetime, the Hindu saint Anandanath of Yewala declared Sai Baba to be a "spiritual diamond."^[45] Another saint, Gangagir, also called him a "jewel."^[45] Sri Beedkar Maharaj greatly revered Sai Baba, and in 1873, when he met him he bestowed the title Jagad guru upon him.^[46][47] Sai Baba was also greatly respected by Vasudevananda Saraswati (known as Tembye Swami).^[48] He was also revered by a group of Shaivic yogis, known as the Nath-Panchayat.^[49] He is considered an avatar of the Supreme Reality (Brahman or God), a satguru, or saint, depending on individual proclivities. This is not uncommon in Hinduism where there is no central doctrine or cosmology, but a basis in individual faith and spirituality.

Zoroastrianism

Saibaba was revered by prominent Zoroastrians such as Nanabhoy Palkhivala, Farhaad Panthaky and Homi Bhabha, and has been cited as the Zoroastrians' most popular non-Zoroastrian religious figure.^[50]
Meher Baba, who was born into a Zoroastrian family, met Sai Baba once, during World War I, in December 1915. This event is considered as the most significant in Meher Baba's life. Shri Sai Satcharita (Sai Baba's life story), makes no mention of Meher Baba but Lord Meher, the life story of Meher Baba, there are numerous references to Sai Baba.^[42]
Meher Baba, who claimed he was an (the) Avatar, credited his Avataric advent to Upasni, Sai Baba, and three other Perfect Masters: Hazrat Babajan, Hazrat Tajuddin Baba, and Narayan Maharaj. He declared Sai Baba to be a Qutub-e-Irshad (the highest of the five Qutubs, a "Master of the Universe" in the spiritual hierarchy).^[51] This classification of avatar and satgurus and the associated name is applied within the Meher Baba community alone.

In culture

Sacred art and architecture

There are many temples of Sai Baba in India.^[52] Temples are also located in countries outside India, including the United States, Netherlands, Kenya, Benin, Cuba, Canada, Pakistan, Australia, United Kingdom, Germany and Japan.^[53] Present in the mosque in Shirdi in which Sai Baba lived, is a life-size portrait of him by Shama Rao Jaykar, an artist from Mumbai. Numerous monuments and statues depicting Sai Baba which serve a religious function have been made. One of them, made of marble by a sculptor named Balaji Vasant Talim, is in the Samadhi Mandir in Shirdi where Sai Baba was buried.^[54]
In 2008, India Post has issued a commemorative postage stamp of ₹5.00 to honour Sai Baba.^[55][56]

Film and television

Sai Baba has been the subject of several feature films in many languages produced by India's film industry.

Year	Film	Title role	Director	Language	Notes
1955	Shirdi Che Sai Baba	Dattopant Aangre	Kumarsen Samarth	Marathi	Won All India Certificate of Merit at 3rd National Film Awards
1977	Shirdi Ke Sai Baba	Sudhir Dalvi	Ashok V. Bhushan	Hindi	Also featuring Manoj Kumar, Rajendra Kumar, Hema Malini, Shatrughan Sinha, Sachin, Prem Nath
1986	Sri Shirdi Saibaba Mahathyam	Vijayachander	K. Vasu	Telugu	Dubbed into Hindi as Shirdi Sai Baba Ki Kahani, into Tamil as Sri Shiridi Saibaba. Also featuring Chandra Mohan, Suthi Veerabhadra Rao, Sarath Babu, J.V. Somayajulu, Rama Prabha, Anjali Devi, Raja.
1989	Bhagavan Shri Sai Baba	Sai Prakash	Sai prakash	Kannada	Also starring Ramkumar, Brahmavar, Vijaylakshmi.
1993	Sai Baba	Yashwant Dutt	Babasaheb S. Fattelal	Marathi	Also featuring Lalita Pawar
1999	Maya / Guru Poornima / Jayasurya	Sai Baba	Rama Narayanan	Tamil Telugu Kannada	Also featuring S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
2000	Sri Sai Mahima	Sai Prakash	Ashok Kumar	Telugu	Also featuring Murali Mohan, Jaya Sudha, Sudha, P. J. Sharma
2001	Shirdi Sai Baba	Sudhir Dalvi	Deepak Balraj Vij	Hindi	Also featuring Dharmendra, Alok Nath, Rohini Hattangadi, Suresh Oberoi
2005	Ishwarya Avatar Sai Baba	Mukul Nag	Ramanand Sagar	Hindi	Composite movie drawn from Sagar's Sai Baba (TV series).
2010	Malik Ek	Jackie Shroff	Deepak Balraj Vij	Hindi	Also featuring Manoj Kumar, Divya Dutta, Rohini Hattangadi, Zarina Wahab and Anup Jalota as Das Ganu.
2010-11	Bhagwan Sri Shirdi Sai Baba[57]	Surya Vasishta	Bukkapatna Vasu	Kannada	Also featuring Ravindranath, Ravi Bhat, Venkatadri, Bhavyashree Rai, Chandrika Challakere and others. Aired on Kasturi (TV channel)
2012	Shirdi Sai	Nagarjuna Akkineni	K. Raghavendra Rao	Telugu	Released on 6 September 2012. Also featuring Srikanth (actor), Srihari, Kamalini Mukherjee, Rohini Hattangadi, Sharat Babu, Brahmanandam

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